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. 2023:1428:31-70.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-32554-0_2.

Role of Hormones During Gestation and Early Development: Pathways Involved in Developmental Programming

Giselle Adriana Abruzzese  1 , Fiorella Campo Verde Arbocco  2   3   4 , María José Ferrer  1 , Aimé Florencia Silva  1 , Alicia Beatriz Motta  1
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Role of Hormones During Gestation and Early Development: Pathways Involved in Developmental Programming

Giselle Adriana Abruzzese et al. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2023.

Abstract

Accumulating evidence suggests that an altered maternal milieu and environmental insults during the intrauterine and perinatal periods of life affect the developing organism, leading to detrimental long-term outcomes and often to adult pathologies through programming effects. Hormones, together with growth factors, play critical roles in the regulation of maternal-fetal and maternal-neonate interfaces, and alterations in any of them may lead to programming effects on the developing organism. In this chapter, we will review the role of sex steroids, thyroid hormones, and insulin-like growth factors, as crucial factors involved in physiological processes during pregnancy and lactation, and their role in developmental programming effects during fetal and early neonatal life. Also, we will consider epidemiological evidence and data from animal models of altered maternal hormonal environments and focus on the role of different tissues in the establishment of maternal and fetus/infant interaction. Finally, we will identify unresolved questions and discuss potential future research directions.

Keywords: Developmental programming; Gestation; IGFs; Lactation; Steroids; Thyroid hormones.

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